Ecclesiastes 9:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For they that be liuing knowe that they shall dye: but they that be dead knowe nothing, neither deserue they any more, for their memoriall is forgotten.

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  • Job 14:21 : 21 And whether his children come to worship or no, he can not tell: And if they be men of lowe degree, he knoweth not.
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 The dead wyll not liue, they that be out of life will not ryse agayne, therfore hast thou visited and rooted them out, and destroyed all the memorie of them.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death no man remembreth thee: and in the graue who can acknowledge thee?
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 The thyng that is past is out of remembraunce: euen so the thynges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpon among them that come after.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appoynted vnto men once to dye, and after this the iudgement:
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 Yet art thou our father: for Abraham knoweth vs not, neither is Israel acquainted with vs: but thou Lorde art our father and redeemer, and thy name is euerlasting.
  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 Yea and the eye that hath seene me, shal see me no more: for yer thou fasten thyne eye vpon me, I come to naught. 9 The cloude is consumed and vanished away: so he that goeth downe to the graue shall come no more vp, 10 Nor turne againe into his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.
  • Eccl 7:2 : 2 It is better to go into an house of mourning, then into a banketting house: For there is the ende of all men, and he that is liuing taketh it to heart.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Wylt thou worke a miracle amongst the dead? or shal the dead rise vp againe and acknowledge thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy louing kindnes be talked of in the graue? or thy faythfulnes in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the lande of forgetfulnes?
  • Ps 109:15 : 15 Let them be alway before God: that he may roote out the memorial of them from the earth.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 Sure I am that thou wilt bryng me vnto death, euen to the lodging that is due vnto all men liuing.

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    6Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 9:3-4
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    3Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye.

    4And why? as long as a man liueth, he hath an hope: for a quicke dogge say they is better then a dead lion.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
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    16For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

    17Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue?

    3Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.

  • Ps 6:5
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    5For in death no man remembreth thee: and in the graue who can acknowledge thee?

  • Ps 115:17
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    17The dead prayse not thee O Lorde: neither all they that go downe into the place of scilence.

  • Eccl 1:11
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    11The thyng that is past is out of remembraunce: euen so the thynges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpon among them that come after.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9The cloude is consumed and vanished away: so he that goeth downe to the graue shall come no more vp,

    10Nor turne againe into his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Isa 26:14
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    14The dead wyll not liue, they that be out of life will not ryse agayne, therfore hast thou visited and rooted them out, and destroyed all the memorie of them.

  • Job 14:12
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    12So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell.

  • Eccl 3:19-22
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    19For it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, euen one condition vnto them both: as the one dyeth so dyeth the other, yea they haue both one maner of breath: so that in this a man hath no preeminence aboue a beast, but are all subdued vnto vanitie.

    20They go all vnto one place: for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turne vnto dust agayne.

    21Who knoweth the spirite of man that goeth vpwarde, & the breath of the beast that goeth downe to the earth?

    22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

  • Eccl 6:5-6
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    5Moreouer he seeth not the sunne, and knoweth not of it: and yet hath he more rest then the other.

    6Yea, though he lyued two thousande yeres, yet hath he no good lyfe: Come not all to one place?

  • Ps 88:5
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    5I am free among the dead: like such as beyng kylled lye in a graue, whom thou remembrest no more, and are cut away from thy hande.

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16As for the people that haue ben before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable, and they that come after him shall not reioyce in him: This is also a vayne thyng, and vexation of mynde.

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    8For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?

  • Eccl 8:7-8
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    7And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come: for who can tell hym when it shalbe?

    8Neither is there any man that hath power ouer the spirite to kepe styll the spirite, nor to haue any power in the tyme of death, nor that can make an ende of the battayle, neither may vngodlynesse deliuer them that meddle withall.

  • Eccl 6:12
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    12For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?

  • Ps 49:9-10
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    9yea though he lyue long and see not the graue.

    10For he seeth that wyse men dye: and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together, and leaue their riches for other.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.

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    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2It is better to go into an house of mourning, then into a banketting house: For there is the ende of all men, and he that is liuing taketh it to heart.

  • Job 28:13
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    13Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue.

  • Job 8:9
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    9(For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.)

  • Ps 89:48
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    48What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death? can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell? Selah.

  • Job 3:21
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    21Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures:

  • Ps 49:19
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    19But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers: and shall neuer see lyght.

  • Job 14:10
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    10But as for man, when he is dead, perished, and consumed away, what becommeth of him?

  • Eccl 1:9
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    9The thyng that hath ben, commeth to passe agayne, and the thyng that hath ben done, shalbe done agayne: There is no newe thyng vnder the sunne.

  • Job 4:21
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    21Is not their royaltie gone away with them? they shall dye truely, and not in wysdome.

  • 1 Thess 4:13
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    13But I woulde not haue you to be ignoraunt brethren, concernyng them which sleepe, that ye sorowe not euen as other, which haue no hope.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.

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    20For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue, forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse.

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    16For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is no more seene: and the place therof knoweth it no more.

  • Isa 38:18
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    18For hell prayseth not thee, death doth not magnifie thee: they that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth:

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    4Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde: his trust is in God his Lorde.

  • Ps 49:17
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    17For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth: neither shall his pompe folowe after hym.

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    8If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.